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A question about using my own laptop for work
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<blockquote data-quote="Captain Holly" data-source="post: 951058" data-attributes="member: 90494"><p>Hello MT Forum,</p><p></p><p>I am starting a new job next week, it is 100% remote, working from home. My new employer does not provide computers or any other hardware. I will have to supply my own computer, monitor, phone headset, mouse and keyboard. I already have what I need, including a 4 year old Lenovo Idea Pad 110 that still works great. I don't use it very often; I use a newer laptop for my daily driver, but I do keep the older one updated and patched, I fire it up and check for updates 2 or 3 times a month. It is on Windows 10 20H2, OS Build 19042.1081. It has 6 GB Ram and a 1 TB hard drive, but not much is on it, it is less than 10% full. I use Windows Security AV with Configure Defender set on High. My default browser is Edge Chromium with Ublock Origin on default settings.</p><p></p><p>I wonder if it would be a good idea to reset my laptop with a clean reinstall of Windows? I have everything that I wanted to keep from it backed up on flash drives. When I do use that older laptop I use a standard user account 99% of the time and I use an admin account only when needed. I wonder if the laptop might perform better for work or be better able to connect with the new system at work if I reset it and took all of my programs and apps I would not need for work off of it, keeping the laptop as bare bones as possible, with just Edge and whatever apps the job needs but still with a standard user account for daily work use and an admin account that I probably would not use very often. </p><p></p><p>The main thing I am worried about is when I have my own personal laptop connected to my new employer's system, if the employer ever were to be hit with a data breach or ransom/malware attack on their system and I still had my current personal user accounts on my laptop, I wonder if criminal dirtbags could steal the info on my personal user accounts too, such as my bank or credit card details? I do not store any financial info on that laptop, but I do have my bank and credit card web sites in the Favorites list on Edge. I do not store any financial ID's or passwords on the laptop and I do not use a password manager. I keep all of my login details written in an address book. </p><p></p><p>I am just trying to be proactive and keep from getting hacked or getting my bank account cleaned out. I have never had to use my own computer for work before. If it really does not matter then I would just leave the two user accounts I have as they are and set up another bare bones standard user account for work only. </p><p></p><p>Thanks for any insight on this.</p><p></p><p>C.H.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Captain Holly, post: 951058, member: 90494"] Hello MT Forum, I am starting a new job next week, it is 100% remote, working from home. My new employer does not provide computers or any other hardware. I will have to supply my own computer, monitor, phone headset, mouse and keyboard. I already have what I need, including a 4 year old Lenovo Idea Pad 110 that still works great. I don't use it very often; I use a newer laptop for my daily driver, but I do keep the older one updated and patched, I fire it up and check for updates 2 or 3 times a month. It is on Windows 10 20H2, OS Build 19042.1081. It has 6 GB Ram and a 1 TB hard drive, but not much is on it, it is less than 10% full. I use Windows Security AV with Configure Defender set on High. My default browser is Edge Chromium with Ublock Origin on default settings. I wonder if it would be a good idea to reset my laptop with a clean reinstall of Windows? I have everything that I wanted to keep from it backed up on flash drives. When I do use that older laptop I use a standard user account 99% of the time and I use an admin account only when needed. I wonder if the laptop might perform better for work or be better able to connect with the new system at work if I reset it and took all of my programs and apps I would not need for work off of it, keeping the laptop as bare bones as possible, with just Edge and whatever apps the job needs but still with a standard user account for daily work use and an admin account that I probably would not use very often. The main thing I am worried about is when I have my own personal laptop connected to my new employer's system, if the employer ever were to be hit with a data breach or ransom/malware attack on their system and I still had my current personal user accounts on my laptop, I wonder if criminal dirtbags could steal the info on my personal user accounts too, such as my bank or credit card details? I do not store any financial info on that laptop, but I do have my bank and credit card web sites in the Favorites list on Edge. I do not store any financial ID's or passwords on the laptop and I do not use a password manager. I keep all of my login details written in an address book. I am just trying to be proactive and keep from getting hacked or getting my bank account cleaned out. I have never had to use my own computer for work before. If it really does not matter then I would just leave the two user accounts I have as they are and set up another bare bones standard user account for work only. Thanks for any insight on this. C.H. [/QUOTE]
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